Parrot news resumes

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Nov 09, 2011

There has been an immense interruption in the stream of news from Parrot HQ and we wish to immediately apologise and now address that matter. So long has this interruption been that we fear rumours may have begun to spread!

Do not worry Dear Reader if you had heard concerns that the parrot rescue...

It’s days like these…

Parrot Blogger: Nikki Buxton | Sep 29, 2011

Reading an article about Foster Parrot's Marc Johnson today, I had one of those wonderful moments. I felt sorry for Marc, then I sympathised, then I empathised.  And then I thought - hang on a minute: there's poor Marc struggling like crazy to place captive-bred birds in far too few homes, and look...

Shifting Sands of Time

Parrot Blogger: Brent Barrett | Sep 26, 2011

I would, in a perfect world, be writing every fortnight of exploits into the magical world of kea.  But the earth doesn't really revolve like that does it.  Instead I write from my bed hundreds of miles from wild kea about the outcomes of a very arduous year (for both the Kea and myself).  I am on...

Tough times for the wild babies

Parrot Blogger: Sam Williams, PhD | Sep 15, 2011

The rescued parrots under Echo's caring wing are flourishing but sadly the wild loras have had a tough time over the past weeks. The goat and donkey eaten habitat is in such poor condition that the parrots have to come to town to find food. In the urban environment loras face dangers they...